Tag: homosexual

Bring all of yourself to the game

Posted by Tainui Stephens | Mar 12, 2023 | Reflections

“Just as discovering and asserting your cultural identity sometimes means standing up for your rights, so it is with your sexual identity. To be your authentic self may require courage.” — Tainui Stephens.

It’s time for a nuanced whānau conversation

Posted by Andre Afamasaga | Aug 7, 2022 | Comment & Analysis

“It’s time we engaged our communities. A mature and informed conversation about the impacts of colonisation and religion on our community is overdue.” — Andre Afamasaga on the Manly Sea Eagles jersey debacle.

Why is God and sexuality so bloody difficult?

Posted by Māmari Stephens | Apr 29, 2018 | Reflections

“Christianity is a religion of failures and dropkicks, hypocrites and losers, because most of us are goodish, but not one of us is good enough. We all know this regardless of belief, right?”